© Ellen Blonder
Happy New Year! I resolve to post more this year--to draw more this year. This is a recent colored pencil sketch of winter's persimmon crop, now long gone.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
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About Me
- Ellen Blonder
- I like to share work in progress, random foodie notes (since I've written two cookbooks and illustrated others), and occasional past work from different periods of my 40+ years of drawing and painting.
Link to album of all posted art to date.
Store
Prints of some of the posted work is now available at my etsy store.
My Books (links to amazon.com)
Dim Sum: The Art of Chinese Tea Lunch
I wrote and illustrated this with watercolors throughout and many how-to illustrations.
Every Grain of Rice: A Taste of Our Chinese Childhood in America
Co-written with Annabel Low, illustrated throughout with my watercolors. Winner of IACP (International Association of Culinary Professionals) Julia Child Award. Out of print, but available new and used at varying prices.
I wrote and illustrated this with watercolors throughout and many how-to illustrations.
Every Grain of Rice: A Taste of Our Chinese Childhood in America
Co-written with Annabel Low, illustrated throughout with my watercolors. Winner of IACP (International Association of Culinary Professionals) Julia Child Award. Out of print, but available new and used at varying prices.
Your work is lovely. May I ask, how do you go about organizing your pencils? I saw on another post you said you keep all your greens in a cup. How many cups do you have, and how do you organize your grays/browns. Do your browns have their own cup, or are they sorted with the color undertone?
ReplyDeleteHi, Stephanie,
DeleteSorry, I have been neglecting my blog despite my intention not to do that. I have probably several hundred pencils by now, and they're all in 9 cups in a big basket. I'm not that scientific; it just helps to separate them roughly by color so it's easier to find the color I think I need. I think of grays and browns as neutrals, so they go in their own cup, along with whites and ivories. Trust me, though, by the end of the day, my desk is a mess! Thanks for asking.